Screen



(No Model.)

Y J. E.. WAKEPIELD.

SCREEN.

Patellted Jan. 1,1884.

l Ymml UNITED STATES PATENT OEEicE.

JOHN E. VAKEFIELD, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

SCREEN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 291,246, datedJanuary1, 1884,

' Application filed June 19, 1883. (No model.)

so, as the screw, in order that such screen may occupy less space whenpacked away or when being transported.

My present invention is for facilitating the folding of the legs byhinging them in such a manner that the two parts of each pair of legsVcan be folded toward each other, thereby occupying but little space,and these legs when unf'olded are firmly secured so as not to becomedisplaced in moving the screen.

In the drawings, Figure lis an elevation of the legs, the screen beingin section. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan View in larger size at the hinge,and Fig. 3 isa partial elevation with the legs folded.

The screen A is of any desired character. There is a vertical end piece,B. at each edge of Jthe screen. This usually projects more or less belowthe lower edge of the screen, but Where the screen comes down to thefloor the end pieces, B, may form the end portions of the screen-frameor else be screwed thereto. The legs are usually in pairs at each end ofthe screen, but under some circumstances a single p'air of legs may beused. The legs C C are hinged to the end piece, B, by hinges cl e, sothat such legs may fold toward each other, and at opposite faces of orbelow the screen, so as to occupy but little space in addition to thatrequired bythe screen itself, and when unfolded at right angles to thescreen the vertical edges of the legs at the hinges come against theedges of the bar B and limit the opening movement of the legs, and inthis position such legs are rendered rigid by hooks and eyes or similarappliances. I however prefer to make the hinges d e each in three parts,the middle portion, 1, being screwed or riveted firmly to the end piece,B, and the two leaves 3 and 4 being screwed or pivoted to the respectiveparts C C of the pair of legs. The rivet i, passing through the centralpart, 1, of the hinge, passes also through a collar ora projection onthe hinge, and it is riveted up to secure the hinge, and the collarforms the pivot for the turning button 71, that is confined by therivet-head or a washer, but it turns freely, and the ends of the button,when the legs are unfolded, press upon the surfaces of the leaves 3 and4, and stiffen the hinges, keeping the legs in place. It is preferableto employ lugs at o o upon the leaves 3 4 of the hinges to limit themovements of the turning button.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination, with the screen havingvertical end pieces, B, of the legs G O at each side of each end piece,and the three-part hinges d e, connected to said legs and end pieces,whereby the legs are attached to the vertical end piece and renderedcapable of folding toward each other, substantially as set forth. 2. Thecombination, with the screen having vertical end pieces, of legs andthree-part hinges, the outer leaves of the hinges being screwed to thelegs and the central leaf being attached to the end pieces of thescreen, and a turning button secured upon a pivot to the central leaf,substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with tlie screen having vertical end pieces andlegs, of hinges to connect the legs to the end piece of the screen andallow the legs to be folded toward each other, and a turning button toretain the legs in a distended position, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with. the screen and legs, of a three'part hinge anda turning button to stiften the hinge, such turning button being upon apivot attached to the central part of the hinge, substantially as setforth.

Signed by me this 12th day of J une, A. D. 1883.

JOHN E. 'TAKEFIELD.y

Witnesses:

GEO. T. PINCKNEY, WILLIAM G. Morr.

